Flash Tutorial : Make a Button

This flash tutorial is about to make a button for your website. This simple flash tutorial is for beginner so you can follow this flash tutorial easily. A flash button is supposed to be set on the top in a flash movie. Therefore, open a new file under Layer overview by doing a right mouse click on Add layer. Give a descriptive name to the layer. To keep it as easy as possible, we suggest calling the new layer Button.

The flash button should show during the entire animation, thus the layer should be as long as the movie itself. In order to include a new flash button into the present layer, you need to select the Rectangle tool. Draw a rectangle that will serve as a button graphic and with just the same size as the present picture.Afterwards, select the created area by clicking at the key frame and press F8.

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Creating PDF Documents From Web Pages

You can use Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to capture web pages and convert them into a PDF for viewing offline. When you convert a web page to PDF, the HTML file and all associated files—such as JPEG images, Adobe Flash files, cascading style sheets, text files, image maps, and forms—are included in the conversion process.

The resulting PDF behaves much like the original web page. For example, the images, links, image maps, and most media files appear and function normally within the PDF. (Animated GIF files appear as still images, showing the last frame of the animation.)

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How to Create an E-Commerce Web Site

Your business may be small - but the Internet lets you think big.Whatever product or service your business offers, the Internet levels the playing field and lets you compete with bigger businesses, reaching customers around the world who can conveniently buy from your online storefront 24 hours a day.
In the competitive world of the Web, growing your business and increasing your profits online requires careful planning and important steps. For every successful e-commerce business, there are dozens that fail because they don't address basic risks and pitfalls along the way. So to take full advantage of the e-commerce opportunity, make sure you base your Web business on a solid foundation that covers every element of e-commerce.

This web design tutorial "How to Create an E-Commerce Web Site" CONTENTS :
• Introduction:The Elements of E-Commerce • Step One: Establish Your Online Identity • With the Right Web Address • What's In a Name? • How to Get and Manage Domain Names • Step Two: Build a User-Friendly Site • Plan Your Site Carefully • Choose the Right Site-Building Tools • E-Commerce Site Design Tips • Step Three: Set Up Your Web • Server-or Select an ISP to Host Your Site • What to Look for in a Web Hosting Company • Step Four: Minimize the Risks of E-Commerce • The Risks of E-Commerce • The Trust Solution: Authenticated SSL Certificates • How Authenticated SSL Certificates Work • Secure Your Site with a VeriSign SSL Certificate • VeriSign's Authentication Practices Are More Trustworthy • Attract More Customers With the Secure Site Seal • Your Privacy and Security Statement • Step Five: Accept and Manage All Kinds of Payments • The Internet Payment Processing System • Payment Authorization and Settlement • VeriSign Payment Services • Set Up Your Internet Merchant Account • What You Should Know About Fraud • Step Six: Test, Test, Test • Step Seven: Promote Your Site • Now, Start Selling
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Illustrator Tutorial : Bitmap Into Vector

One of the most common tasks in illustration is taking a photograph or hand sketch and converting it into path-based vector art using Adobe® Illustrator®. Before Illustrator CS2, this meant long hours with the autotrace tool or using other applications like Adobe Streamline®. Today, going from bitmap to vector art is a matter of seconds, in as little as one click using the new Live Trace feature in Illustrator CS2.

Perhaps one of the most common tracing tasks in Illustrator is creating a hand sketch, scanning it into your computer, and then tracing it into vectors. Live Trace takes this once-laborious process and makes it simple.

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Illustrator CS4 Tutorial : Narrative Painting

This Narrative Painting: Portrait of Einstein Illustrator CS4 is brief module that will give you a handle on working with Live Trace in Illustrator. Learn the easiest way to trace art or photos in Illustrator. Open or place a file into Illustrator and automatically trace the artwork with the Live Trace command. Control the level of detail and how the tracing is filled. When you are satisfied with the tracing results, you can convert the tracing to vector paths or a Live Paint object.

Skills covered:
• Advanced understanding of how to trace a photo using—Live Trace
• Specialized Selection Methods specifically for working with the Vector output

There may be times when you want to base a new drawing on an existing piece of artwork. For example, you may want to create a graphic based on a pencil sketch drawn on paper or on a rastered image saved in another graphics program. In either case, you can bring the graphic into Illustrator and trace over it.
Live Trace automatically turns placed images into beautifully detailed vector graphics that are easy to edit, re-size, and manipulate without distortion. This tool lends itself to endless fun and experimental techniques.

Tools used:
• Live Trace
• Global Color Swatches
• Create and Save Color Swatches
• Menu/Selection Options
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